High school and college students can win cash prizes and learn about social entrepreneurship at Tempus conference

KIMBERTON —Pennsylvania high school and college students and Waldorf School students in the Northeastern United States can compete in an elevator pitch competition for cash prizes as they learn about social entrepreneurship at the first annual Triskeles Inc. and Kimberton Waldorf School “Tempus, the time is now” Conference February 1st to 2nd, 2013 at Kimberton Waldorf School in Kimberton, PA.

Students from Kimberton Waldorf School and Westtown School are working together with faculty and staff from Triskeles to mount a regional conference for youth social entrepreneurship. “Tempus: The Time is Now” will be held on February 1st to 2nd, 2013 at Kimberton Waldorf School in Kimberton, Pa, and the message these youth embody and want to share is “Do well by doing good.”

“We see a lot of people today in our lives or in stories in movies or the media who have jobs that make them unhappy or feel like they aren’t doing anything good for the world, and most of us will spend a large portion of our adult lives working in one way or another,” said Laura Schutter, Kimberton Waldorf School Graduate and Communications Director for startup Takamoto Biogas in Kenya. “When we are young we have a great opportunity to start on a career path that will not leave us unhappy because we have nothing to hold us back.”

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Students will get the chance to meet and talk with successful social entrepreneurs, learn about their businesses and test their own business ideas. Renowned social entrepreneurs such as Jay Coen Gilbert of B Corporation and Zoe Selzer of the Good Company Group are scheduled speakers. The youth are planning an “elevator pitch” competition juried by several of the panelists and offering cash prizes.

“Through this conference I hope many of us can learn just how we could turn our passions into our careers and create jobs for ourselves that we truly love,” said Schutter.

If students register before January 28, 2013, the total conference cost would be $15 per student, $12 for groups of five or more with breakfast and lunch included. Tickets the day of the event will be $20 at the door. To register visit www.tempusconference.org or call Triskeles Inc. at 610-321-9876. The event will be held at Kimberton Waldorf School, 410 West 7 Stars Road, Phoenixville, PA 19460.